Texas Parasol Plans...
Morgans wrote:
clare at snyder.on.ca wrote
Just an update on the testing procedure and results on the TP wing
tested at Kitchener Waterloo International Airport last year.
The wing was instrumented with strain guages. The main spar was
bending significantly between the Cabane mounting and the strut, and
the strain readings were beyond the limits the engineer was
comfortable with at 2Gs testing for a 600 lb plane.Failure was
IMMINENT.
I don't understand why the testing did not continue. Seems to me that
having someone say that failure was imminent, based on strain gauges, leaves
a lot of room for opinion to creep in.
Somehow, I get the impression that they would not have approved of Voyager's
wings either.
FWIW.
Richard
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